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Kepler-259 b

Host star Kepler-259 • 2.76 R⊕ • 8.12 d orbit

Records

12

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

2.76 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

Kepler-259

879 K equilibrium

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Host Star

Kepler-259

Discovery

Transit

Year

2014

Period

8.12 day

Radius

2.68 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

879 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 2.76 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

Kepler-259 b

2.76 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

12

Refs

12

Methods

1

Discoverystable

12 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

12 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

11 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

9 values • 7 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

5 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope8.12 day2.68 Rearth879 KQ1-Q12 KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope8.12 day2.76 RearthMorton et al. 2016
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope8.12 dayHolczer et al. 2016
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope8.12 day2.68 Rearth879 KQ1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope8.12 day2.70 RearthFulton & Petigura 2018
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope8.12 day2.68 Rearth879 KQ1-Q16 KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope8.12 day3.10 Rearth879 KQ1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope3.21 RearthBerger et al. 2018
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope8.12 dayQ1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope8.12 day2.90 Rearth888 KQ1-Q8 KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope8.12 dayGajdoš et al. 2019
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope8.12 day2.80 RearthRowe et al. 2014